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Arch Hellen Med, 17(4), July-August 2000, 399-401

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Perinephric urinoma and appendicitis
The problem of double pathology

C. VAGIANOS,1 E. FOKAEFS,2 T. PETSAS,3 D. LYMBEROPOULOU,1 C. VAGENAS1


1Department of Surgery,
2
Department of Urology,
3Department of Radiology,
University of Patras, Medical School, Patras, Greece

An unusual case is reported of a male patient operated on for an appendiceal abscess, which developed during the course of an episode of right-sided renal colic. Following appendicectomy and drainage of the abscess, the patient developed in the postoperative period a right perinephric urinoma resulting from renal distention and rupture, due to an impacted ureteric stone. Placement of an intraureteric stent and treatment with antibiotics resulted in a cure. The problem of the double pathology and its consequences is discussed.

Key words: Appendicitis, Double pathology, Perinephric urinoma.


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